Story Archive
2024-08-30
Climate change and regional policing featured prominently at largest meeting of Pacific regional body.
2024-08-28
The deal’s endorsement comes just a day after a bloc of Melanesian nations warned against misuse for geostrategic aims.
2024-08-28
International observers were not invited to monitor the Pacific island nation’s elections.
2024-08-27
The secretary-general met with Pacific leaders in Tonga to issue a “global SOS” on climate change.
2024-08-25
Pacific leaders have expressed mounting frustration over how Paris has handled turmoil in New Caledonia.
2024-08-25
The 18-member Pacific Island Forum’s importance as the peak regional diplomatic body is growing as geopolitical competition heats up in the Pacific Islands.
2024-08-22
Indonesian embassy officials’ actions “an attack on Papua New Guinea’s independent media sector,” says media council.
2024-08-20
Sitiveni Rabuka is the latest Pacific island leader to visit Beijing in recent months.
2024-08-20
Dozens now in custody over the killing of 26 villagers last month in remote swampland, police say.
2024-08-20
Honiara is estimated to be littered with thousands of bombs and shells left behind on the battlefield after the six-month Battle of Guadalcanal ended in 1943.
2024-08-16
The decision paves the way for a unified defense industrial base across the U.S., U.K. and Australia.
2024-08-16
Demonstrations marked the 62nd anniversary of the U.N. agreement enabling Jakarta’s annexation of Papua.
2024-08-13
Pacific island nations have among the lowest levels of women’s parliamentary representation in the world.
2024-08-13
“Room for improvement” by U.S. and allies to deliver electricity infrastructure upgrade, says chairman of state-owned investor.
2024-08-12
New Caledonia, climate finance, U.S. territories and lack of banking services – key issues when leaders meet this month.
